bibliotaph

Two interesting types of maniac are known respectively as the bibliotaph and the biblioclast.

The bibliotaph buries books; not literally, but sometimes with as much effect as if he had put his books underground.

The most genial lover of books who has walked city streets for many a day was a bibliotaph.

The dog-in-the-manger bibliotaph is the worst; he uses his books but little himself, and allows others to use them not at all.

The Bibliotaph was mightily pleased with both: the one, he said, appealed to him æsthetically, the other dietetically.